Stories of Talent – interviews

Mad’in Europe project “Stories of talent by European craftsmen” has been launched as part of the program of the European Commission “European Vocational Skills Week: Discover your Talent”.
Considering its success, we decided to continue this program and to development this section further.
Our objective is to let some selected European professional craftsmen narrate their stories and show their work. We hope these story-telling will stimulate your curiosity and interest for crafts, which are part of our intangible heritage but also a different and more responsible way of buying.
To have your portrait in this section you must be a craftsman member of Mad’in Europe. Please see conditions on the registration page.

I am a highly skilled weaver who can weave on modern floor looms, tapestry looms, rigid heddle looms and tablet looms. My favorite looms are the old warp-weighted looms and old tapestry looms. I like the old weaving techniques, and I am full of respect for the persons which was able to weave difficult and beautiful patterns on the old looms in ancient times.

I draw my own weaving patterns for tapestry weaving. I love to dye yarn with different kinds of plants and then use it in weaving.

I have written one book in norwegians and one book in english about how to weave twill and tabby on the warp-weighted loom. My books are sold world wide since 2014. The reason why I wrote the books, was to keep the old weaving techniques alive today and in the future, and to honor the old weaving masters who lived in the viking age and before.

We have taken great care to make rods that sympathetically utilise and fully express the incredible qualities of Tonkin bamboo.

Conceived for the contemporary fly fisher, Barder split bamboo rods are anything but old fashioned in performance. Through long term analysis at the riverside and in the workshop, we have arrived at precise proprietary tapers for a series of rods within the optimum range for split bamboo –from a 6½’ #3-weight to an 8½’ #6-weight.

Actions are typically smooth and progressive, best described, within the context of split bamboo, as medium fast.

Ours is a beautiful, graceful sport. We think our rods do justice to the fine art of fly fishing.

When I was turning a piece of banana tree wood that I cut with my own hands from a tree that saw me grow, which I kept and I had to cure for years before I could work and create a unique piece… I realized that a tree never dies and leaves a story behind.

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